In the 1896 presidential campaign, William Jennings Bryan stressed ________ , while William McKinley stressed ________ . A) class differences; national unity B) racial harmony; tariff reduction C) labor’s rights; currency inflation D) the gold standard; free silver ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Assess the concept of manifest destiny. Do you agree with the basic proposition? Why or why not? The text authors claim that it is “one of the most influential slogans ever coined”. Do you agree? Why or why not? What was the role of manifest destiny in American territorial expansion in the mid-nineteenth century? […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe how both religious and economic factors stimulated English expansion in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Religious: Protestant England challenged the New World hegemony of Spain; religious dissenters, persecuted in England, migrated to America. English monarchs viewed America as a convenient dumping ground for religious […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The administration of Ulysses S. Grant was characterized by A) Republican domination of most southern states. B) economic prosperity. C) racial harmony. D) a succession of scandals. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Gilded Age, the roots and constituency of the Republican Party made it the “party of ________ ” that appealed to ________ religious sects. A) individual liberty; pietistic B) morality; ritualistic C) morality; pietistic D) individual liberty; ritualistic ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Jefferson’s conflict with the Barbary pirates concerned A) theft of treasure from American merchant ships. B) tribute paid to protect American shipping. C) interference with the trans-Atlantic slave trade to America. D) the blockading of America’s major shipping ports. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was true of BOTH the Whigs and Jacksonian Democrats? A) They were always on guard against the influence of special privilege. B) They drew support from all parts of the country. C) They supported Henry Clay’s American System. D) They emphasized class conflict. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Apparently slaves were LEAST likely to hear of their emancipation from A) their masters. B) Union soldiers. C) Freedmen’s Bureau Agents. D) the slave grapevine. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
For nearly two years as president, John F. Kennedy moved slowly on civil rights issues partly because he A) had not promised any civil rights legislation in his election campaign. B) needed congressional voting support from white southern Democrats. C) held a personal dislike of Martin Luther King, Jr. D) All of the above. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1832, American physicians’ “doctrine of predisposing causes” alleged that those most likely to contract cholera were A) poor. B) southerners. C) farmers. D) children. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
